A12
East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Husband betrays wife’s trust
by posting nude photos of her
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
Dear Abby: My husband and I
somehow be restored. If you plan
have been married 30 years. He is
to stay married to him, a marriage
and family therapist may be able to
my high school sweetheart and my
give you more insight. It would be
best friend. We enjoy each other,
worth your while for the two of you
and I thought we had a great rela-
tionship. Occasionally, we “spice
to talk to someone who is licensed,
and soon.
up” our sex life to keep things
Dear Abby: My fiance and I
interesting. At his request, I have
J eanne
had a horrible loss this year, and
sexted him a few times with the
P hilliPs
we’re having trouble dealing with
understanding that he delete the
ADVICE
and working through our grief. His
photos once he has viewed them.
ex-wife murdered three of his four
Well, the other night around
children and committed suicide.
3 a.m., I heard his phone ding-
We are both young and have been trying
ing over and over again. He was asleep
to find organizations where we can com-
so, thinking it was our daughter trying to
municate with other parents who have lost
reach us, I looked at it. To my horror, he had
their children, but a lot of group members
put pictures of me on a porn site through
just seem to want to one-up how tragic their
an app. There were pictures of me in var-
ious, unaware stages of nudity — like in
loss was. Do you have any suggestions for
the shower or sleeping in bed — and peo-
online or in-person groups for people with
ple were commenting lewd and disgusting
similar experiences? It’s hard feeling so
things.
alone, and I’m sure there are other parents
out there looking for this kind of informa-
Needless to say, I feel beyond betrayed.
tion. — Alone and Grieving
My trust in him is broken, and I’m devas-
tated at his behavior. His response is he is
Dear Alone: I am sorry for the epic
sorry and made a mistake. I don’t know
tragedy your fiance experienced, and with
what to do. I’m considering leaving him.
which you are both trying to cope. An
organization that may be able to help you
He’s remorseful, but I don’t understand
is The National Organization of Parents
why he would do this. Help, please. —
of Murdered Children (POMC). Founded
Photo Finish in Ohio
in 1978, its mission is to provide support
Dear Photo Finish: You have my sym-
pathy. A good husband would never do what
and guidance to all survivors of homicide
yours did. It was not only a gross invasion
victims, while working to create a world
free of murder. It seeks to make a dif-
of your privacy and an act of deception, but
ference through ongoing emotional sup-
embarrassing and potentially dangerous if
port, education, prevention, advocacy and
someone views the images and recognizes
awareness. To learn more, visit its website,
you. What his motives were, I can’t guess.
which is pomc.org, or call 888-818-7662 or
Everything you’re feeling is valid. If
513-721-5683.
your marriage is to survive, the trust must
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 21, 1919
Charged with leaving a camp fire burn-
ing which started a 3,000 acre fire in the
central part of the Wenaha forest east of Toll
Gate on the Oregon side, James Ross, sheep
herder for the Leeser estate, pleaded guilty
this morning before Judge C.H. Marsh and
was fined and severely reprimanded. Ross
was brought to Pendleton today by E.N.
Kavanaugh and T.M. Talbott, forest service
officials who had been investigating fire
conditions in the forest.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 21, 1969
Two officers of the U.S. Navy Attack
Squadron 145 based at Whidbey Island
Naval Air Station died in a plane accident on
a routine training mission about 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday on the Navy bombing range near
Boardman. A Navy spokesman said the
officers killed in the plane crash were the
pilot, Cmdr. Richard Walls, 39, Oak Har-
bor, Wash., and his bombardier-navigator,
Lt. Benny Cochrun, 27, also of Oak Har-
bor. The plane was an ACA Intruder. The
jet was making a practice run at the time of
the crash about four miles southwest of the
main towner.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 21, 1994
First Presbyterian Church of Pendle-
ton honored two longtime members with
a recent birthday party during fellowship
time after services. Morton Elder of Pend-
leton celebrated his 98th birthday July 20.
He joined the church in 1906. Several
of his nieces and nephews attended the
party. Kathreen Purchase turned 104 on
July 14. She has been a church member
since 1933.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
TODAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
On August 21, 1609,
Galileo Galilei demon-
strated his new telescope to
a group of officials atop the
Campanile in Venice.
In 1831, Nat Turner
launched a violent slave
rebellion in Virginia result-
ing in the deaths of at least
55 whites. (Turner was later
executed.)
In 1863, pro-Confeder-
ate raiders attacked Law-
rence, Kansas, massacring
the men and destroying the
town’s buildings.
In 1911, Leonardo da
Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was
stolen from the Louvre
Museum in Paris. (The
painting was recovered two
years later in Italy.)
In 1940, exiled Com-
munist revolutionary Leon
Trotsky died in a Mexi-
can hospital from wounds
inflicted by an assassin the
day before.
In 1963, martial law was
declared in South Vietnam
as police and army troops
began a violent crackdown
on Buddhist anti-govern-
ment protesters.
In 1983, the musical
play “La Cage Aux Folles”
opened on Broadway.
In 1991, the hard-line
coup against Soviet Presi-
dent Mikhail S. Gorbachev
collapsed in the face of a
popular uprising led by Rus-
sian Federation President
Boris N. Yeltsin.
In 1992, an 11-day siege
began at the cabin of white
separatist Randy Weaver
in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as
government agents tried to
arrest Weaver for failing to
appear in court on charges
of selling two illegal sawed-
off shotguns; on the first day
of the siege, Weaver’s teen-
age son, Samuel, and Dep-
uty U.S. Marshal William
Degan were killed.
In 1993, in a setback for
NASA, engineers lost con-
tact with the Mars Observer
spacecraft as it was about
to reach the red planet on a
$980 million mission.
In 1995, ABC News set-
tled a $10 billion libel suit by
apologizing to Philip Mor-
ris for reporting the tobacco
giant had manipulated the
amount of nicotine in its
cigarettes.
Today’s Birthdays: For-
mer NFL player and general
manager Pete Retzlaff is 88.
Actor-director Melvin Van
Peebles is 87. Playwright
Mart Crowley is 84. Singer
Kenny Rogers is 81. Actress
Patty McCormack is 74.
Pop singer-musician Carl
Giammarese is 72. Actress
Loretta Devine is 70. NBC
newsman Harry Smith is
68. Retired MLB All-Star
John Wetteland is 53. Rock
singer Serj Tankian (Sys-
tem of a Down) is 52. Fig-
ure skater Josee Chouinard
is 50. Actress Carrie-Anne
Moss is 49. TV personality
Brody Jenner is 36. Olympic
gold medal sprinter Usain
Bolt is 33. Actor Maxim
Knight is 20.
Thought for Today:
“I don’t measure Amer-
ica by its achievement but
by its potential.” — Shirley
Chisholm, American politi-
cian (1924-2005).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE